Obama Budget Would Create $634 Billion Health-Care Fund — President Obama intends to release a budget tomorrow that creates a 10-year, $634 billion “reserve fund” to partially pay for a vast expansion of the U.S. health care system, an overhaul that many experts project will cost as much as $1 trillion over the next decade.

The Joe-the-Plumberization of the GOP — With CPAC upon us, I had wanted to write a state-of-the-movement piece, and describing what I felt had gone wrong. But I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It hit me like a ton of bricks when I saw this: — It could have been like any other of the hundreds …

Holder: Closing Gitmo won't be easy — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be difficult to close — but he is still going to do it. — Holder visited the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay …

Lawmaker's HIV, promiscuity comments cause uproar — For the second time in three days at the state Capitol, a Republican senator's remarks about sexuality have caused offense. — Wednesday it was Sen. Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, who opposed a bill requiring all pregnant women …

Chris Matthews Explains “Oh, God!” Utterance — Here's a bit of what Matthews will say, according to an NBC spokesperson: … Jindal has reportedly declined an invitation to appear on this evening's edition of Hardball. — FAQ: Comments and Moderation FAQ: HuffPost Accounts

Helen Thomas said what about Bobby Jindal? — Helen Thomas has been gabbing with a film crew this morning, according to Washington Times White House correspondent Christina Bellantoni. … No word on whether she also channeled Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton and made any 7/11 and gas station cracks.

The Dead Tree Theory — Whenever a president gives a major address, like the one Barack Obama delivered to Congress this week, the opposition party delivers a rejoinder. Which American citizens always ignore. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's speech was, therefore, a kind of triumph.

Bailout Hearings — Wow! I work in the business jet industry. This strip is posted all over. 2 Thumbs up!!! — Log in to flag this comment — This is bare none, the best Dilbert of all time. — Log in to flag this comment — User Name: — apease Feb 25, 2009 — One of the best ever.

Obama's Straw Men — Why does he routinely ascribe to opponents views they don't espouse? — President Barack Obama reveres Abraham Lincoln. But among the glaring differences between the two men is that Lincoln offered careful, rigorous, sustained arguments to advance his aims and …

Gov. Jindal's volcano remark has some fuming — (CNN) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's swipe at federal spending to monitor volcanoes has the mayor of one city in the shadow of Mount St. Helens fuming. — “Does the governor have a volcano in his backyard?” Royce Pollard, the mayor of Vancouver, Washington, said on Wednesday.

Republicans' Day of Reckoning — After Tuesday night, no one should doubt Barack Obama's ambition. His silent dismissal of the efforts of his immediate predecessors — he mentioned none of them — is only one indication of the extent to which he intends to be a new president breaking new ground in a new era.

FBI raids University of Florida nuclear power institute — GAINESVILLE - The FBI searched the offices of a University of Florida scientist Wednesday in a case alleging the professor and his family took “hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegally obtained government funds” from the nation's space agency.

AIG considers break-up in bid to stay afloat — By Francesco Guerrera in New York and Sundeep Tucker in Hong Kong — AIG and the US authorities are in advanced discussions over a radical restructuring that would split the stricken insurer into at least three government-controlled divisions …

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